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    • The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran
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      Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
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Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus on its return to Rarotonga
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Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is...

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Air New Zealand back flying to New Caledonia
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Air New Zealand resumes Auckland-Nouméa flights after nearly 18-month suspension following...

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The court ordered the Israeli government to present a clear position on its blockade
Asia Report

RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza...

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An UNRWA school in Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombing
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Rebuilding Gaza begins in the classroom and with dignity

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November 2, 2025
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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (left) with Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki in Auckland
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NZ is now in sphere of Israeli influence – we risk...

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Palestinian supporters protest against the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel in spite of the "ceasefire"
Asia Report

Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says...

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Street art depicting a girl holding a paper boat, with half of her dress showing buildings
Civil Society

Parihaka the focus for global IPRA peace conference in Aotearoa

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November 2, 2025
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Australia's National Press Club sponsors include the world’s two biggest weapons makers
Analysis

Weaponising media – National Press Club and its arms industry sponsors

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November 1, 2025
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Trump’s threat to resume nuclear tests comes just months before the last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expires
Democracy

‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume...

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USP student journalist Riya Bhagwan
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USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution...

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Despite limited Egyptian equipment entering the Gaza Strip to help with recovery efforts, Israel continues to block the entry of heavy machinery
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Israel accused of using captives’ bodies issue to undermine Gaza ceasefire

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About 65,000 people will be eligible to vote on November 20
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Palestinians perform prayer next to the rubble of a mosque that was destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces during the Gaza genocide
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Trump’s ‘annexation ban’ is a ploy to push Israeli normalisation

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October 30, 2025
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New Zealand protesters hold a placard calling for sanctions against Israel
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PSNA accuses NZ of giving ‘political cover’ to genocidal Israel over...

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Pro-independence FLNKS representative in the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou
Decolonisation

French MPs vote to postpone New Caledonia’s elections to June 2026

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October 30, 2025
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Protesters accusing Rocket Lab and the New Zealand government of being complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza
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PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over...

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Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences
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"Pacific Justice" petition
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Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition

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The Pacific's inaction is particularly striking when compared to Bougainville
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Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity

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Unity will be crucial if the Labour Party is to sell its proposed capital gains tax
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NZ measles outbreak
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran
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Analysis

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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up...

March 2, 2026
A sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions

After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos...

March 2, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed

Trump starts major ‘regime-change’ war with Iran, serving neoconservatism and Israel

March 1, 2026
Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran

Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of...

March 1, 2026
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